While most NFL fans assume Jerry Jones has the deepest pockets of all the league's owners, that isn't the case - five actually have a net worth greater than Mr. Jones, and several others are in the same ballpark. To clarify which owners are richest, we've put together this list of the NFL's wealthiest owners, as of February 2014:
1. Paul Allen - Seattle Seahawks
$15.8B
2. Stan Kroenke - St. Louis Rams
$5.3B
3. Stephen Ross - Miami Dolphins
$4.8B
4. Terrance Pegula - Buffalo Bills
$4.6B
5. Glazer Family - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
$4.5B
6. Shahid Khan - Jacksonville Jaguars
$3.8B
7. Robert "Woody" Johnson - New York Jets
$3.5B
8. Jerry Jones - Dallas Cowboys
$3B
9. Robert Kraft - New England Patriots
$2.9B
10. Joan Tisch - New York Giants
$2.9B (The Tisch family splits ownership with the Mara family, who are worth approx. $500 million)
11. Stephen Bisciotti - Baltimore Ravens
$2.1B
12. Bob McNair - Houston Texans
$2B
13. Arthur Blank - Atlanta Falcons
$1.7B
14. Jim Irsay - Indianapolis Colts
$1.6B
15. Jimmy Haslam - Cleveland Browns
$1.5B
16. Ford Family - Detroit Lions
$1.4B
17. Tom Benson - New Orleans Saints
$1.3B
18. Zygi Wilf - Minnesota Vikings
$1.3B
19. Virginia Halas McCaskey - Chicago Bears
$1.2B
20. Jeffrey Lurie - Philadelphia Eagles
$1.2B
21. Daniel Snyder - Washington Redskins
$1.2B
22. Jed York - San Francisco 49ers
$1.2B ($1.1B through his mother, Denise DiBartolo York)
23. Jerry Richardson - Carolina Panthers
$1.1B
24. Estate of Bud Adams - Tennessee Titans
$1.1B (Adams passed away in October 2013)
25. Pat Bowlen - Denver Broncos
$1B
26. Alex Spanos - San Diego Chargers
$1B
27. Mike Brown - Cincinnati Bengals
$925M
28. Dan Rooney - Pittsburgh Steelers
$500M
29. Carol & Mark Davis - Oakland Raiders
$500M
Unknown/Other:
Clark Hunt - Kansas City Chiefs
The Hunt family has amassed a fortune worth over $5 billion, but it's unclear how much of that money Clark Hunt controls. The Chiefs are worth just over $1B, as of late 2013.
Bill Bidwill - Arizona Cardinals
Bidwill's net worth is unknown, but is estimated to be just shy of the $1B mark
N/A - Green Bay Packers
As a publicly-owned, non-profit corporation, the Packers are owned by 363,491 different stockholders. The team itself is currently valued at $1.18B.
Data from forbes.com and celebritynetworth.com was used in these rankings
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